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ATTO R N EYS Patented Aug. 13, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE STAY FOR CORSETS Isidore Panes, New York, N. Y.

Application November 15, 1944, Serial No. 563,498

2 Claims. l

This invention relates to stays which may be used advantageously for garments, such as corsets.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of an improved construction whereby resilient stays are incorporated in a garment so that the stays will not be kept abnormally flexed due to shrinkage of the material of the garment.

A further object of the invention is the provision of improvements whereby stays are kept from shifting out of a functioning position.

A further object is the provision of an improved construction for incorporating stays of the indicated character in the aforesaid manner, and wherein the stays are padded or reenforced at the ends so as to prevent puncturing of the material which encloses the stays.

The nature of the invention and its distinguishing features and advantages will appear when the following specification is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which- Fig. 1 is a fragmentary View showing part of a corset with the stays incorporated according to the present invention, a portion of the stay pockets being broken away.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a view of one end portion of a stay and the material for securing, padding and reenforcing the end portion, said material being shown unfolded.

Fig. 4 is a View similar to Fig. 3, but showing the securing, padding and reenforcing material folded over the end portion of the stay.

Figs. 5 and 6 are sectional views taken on the lines 5--5 and 6-6 of Figs. 3 and 4, respectively.

Figs. '7 and 8 are sectional views taken on the lines 'I-'I and 8 8, respectively, of Fig. 1.

In the drawing, a part of a garment, such as a corset, is designated I0. In such garment stays are used at spaced positions to preserve the shape of the garment and to aid in embracing' and supporting parts of the wearers anatomy. Accordn ing to the present invention, one or two stays are retained in a pocket structure secured to the material of the garment. In the present instance, according to the invention, a pair of stays is arranged in double pocket structure and any suitable number of such pocket structures may be used and applied either to the outside or inside of the garment.

Each stay Il isY in the form of a narrow strip of resilient material, such as steel, Whalebone, wood or any other suitable material. To each 2 end portion of the stay II is applied suitable material which serves as a means to secure the stay in place, to reenforce the securement, to pad the ends of the stay, and to prevent the ends of the stay from puncturing the material of the garment. The material used for the aforesaid purposes in the present instance is cloth or textile fabric. A piece of the fabric is applied to each end portion of the strip II by folding the piece lengthwise upon itself and the longitudinal edge portions I2 are inturned and stitched as at I4,'thus forming a tubular structure I5 having a longitudinal extension I6. As shown in Fig. 3, the end portion of the stay II is inserted part way into the tubular structure I5, after a suitable cement or adhesive substance has been applied to said end portion. The structure I5 is then folded over the end portion of the stay and cemented thereto, as shown in Fig. 4.

A pair of the stays each capped or covered in the manner described, is arranged and secured in a pocket structure presently to be described. A strip I1 of reenforcing textile material is laid against the material of the garment on the inside thereof in the present case. The stays are laid on the strip I'I. A second strip I3 of textile material, which serves as a covering, is/laid over the stays. Both strips I'I and I8 extend beyond the opposite ends of the stays. The strips I'I and I8 are stitched to the material of the corset and this stitching takes in the extensions I6. After stitching the parts to a point below the upper reenforcing and padding material, the material of the corset is pushed upwardly relatively to the stays, which gives a certain amount of fullness without wrinkling the material. The stitching is then continueduntil the strips I'I and I8 together with the lower reenforcing and padding caps, are stitched to each other to complete the incorporation of the stays II with the lines of stitching I9.

The opposite ends of stays II are thus secured to the material of the corset while the major intermediate portions of the stays are free in the pockets formed by the stitched strips I'I and i3. The aforesaid fullness eliminates a condition in which the stays II would be kept abnormally flexed due to possible shrinkage of the material of the corset by washing the same, or from sweat.

I claim:

1. A stay of the 'character described comprising a strip of resilient material, and means only on each end portion of said strip for performing the following functions, namely, securing the stay, reenforcing the securement, and preventing 3 the ends of the stay from puncturing the material to which the stay is secured, said means consisting of textile material folded upon itself secured to and completely covering said end portion leaving the remaining intermediate portion of the strip uncovered and providing an edge portion extending longitudinally of the stay and adapted to receive stitching.

2. The combination with a garment having a stay pocket, a stay arranged Within said pocket, said stay comprising a strip of resilient material, and a textile covering serving as a protecting cap on each end portion of the stay leaving the remaining intermediate portion uncovered, and said covering having a side edge portion which is secured to the material of the pocket and the garment.

ISIDORE PANES. 

